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Gen. L.B. Friend (LOC)

  • Art Siegel said:
    After August, 1914, Major-General L.B. Friend was head of the Irish Command, commanding all British forces in Ireland. Here, from another part of The Commons is his Martial Law proclamation from around the time of the Easter Uprising in 1916:
    Martial Law
    See also:
    books.google.com/books?id=hzUZ-26KYQ4C&pg=PA12&lp...
  • Art Siegel said:
    "Major General Sir Lovick Bransby Friend KBE, CB, PC (25 April 1856 — 19 November 1944) was a British Army major general and cricketer. He was appointed Major-General in charge of Administration at Irish Command in 1912 and Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1914: he was replaced following the Easter Rising in 1916.[2] From 1916 until retirement in 1920 he was President of the Claims Commission British Armies in France." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovick_Friend

Hugo McNeill, head and shoulders portrait

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Per wikipedia, MacNeill was promoted to Colonel in 1923.
  • O Mac said:
    In that Wikipedia bio it says he was "Anti-British and a heavy drinker, he was academically very bright but lacked common sense"....
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    stern looking fellow.
  • guliolopez said:
    MacNeill was also the first president of the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women. I've added that detail to the Wikipedia article that Niall McAuley references. In the same article I've tagged the text that O Mac has quoted (seems unsettlingly like someone's opinion for an encyclopedic entry....) [PS: Sorry to hear about A&E visit Mary - hope all's well today!]
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Thanks guys! Given that the Wikipedia article suggests a date of birth c.1900, one imagines this is (at least) in the latter-half of our 1914-1923 range. (Certainly the moustache would seem to rule out the first-half of the range - on the basis that his luxurious moustache is beyond a typical 13 or 14 year-old :) ) So as Niall McAuley implies, it could very well be around the time of a promotion in his mid-20s. Any military buffs our there today who might be able to interpret the rank insignia on display?

Gen. C.P. W. Pirie (LOC)